Thread: issue with IAS machine instruction cycle simulator in C programming

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    issue with IAS machine instruction cycle simulator in C programming

    hello everyone i've got this assignement where i have to demonstrate the fetch and instruction cycle of an IAS machine

    Until now i've implemented the needed functions

    but my issue is regarding the testing i don't how to test the program with files.....

    it goes like follows:
    Code:
     
    long long int PC, MAR, MQ, AC, MBR[4], IBR[2], IR;
    int verbose,instruction_line=1;
    long long int instructions[65536][4];
    long long int memory[65536];
    
    int main(){
    
    	long long int /*beginingstatement,*/ index, operant, opcode, adress; 
    	int i=1, j=0, m, n, counter=0;
    	
    	char exe_mode;
    	FILE *inp;
    	
    	if ( ( inp = fopen( "Input.txt", "r" ) ) == NULL ) {
    		printf( "File could not be opened\n" );
    	}
     		
     	else {
    		
     		while(index != 11000){
    			
     		//	fscanf(inp, "%x", &beginingstatement);
     			fscanf(inp, "%x%x", &index, &operant);
    				memory[index] = operant;
    				
    					
     	
    			fscanf(inp, "%x%x", &index, &operant);
     		
    		 
     	
    	 		opcode = operant;
     		
    	 	/* Reading the program and saving it at location M[1] */
    	 	while(!feof(inp)){
    	 		instructions[i][j] = opcode;
     			fscanf(inp, "%d", &adress);		
     			instructions[i][j+1] = adress;
     			counter++;
     			fscanf(inp, "%x", &opcode);	
     			if(feof(inp))
     				break;
    			else{
    	 			instructions[i][j+2] = opcode;
    	 			//printf("%X\n", instructions[i][j+2]);
    	 			fscanf(inp, "%d", &adress);
    	 			instructions[i][j+3] = adress;
    	 			counter++;
    	 			i++;
    				j=0;	
    				fscanf(inp, "%x", &opcode);
    			}
    			
     		}
     		
     		
     		printf("Execute Instruction in\n --Normal Mode(N)\n --Tracing Mode(T)\n-->");
    		scanf("%c", &exe_mode);
    		if(exe_mode == 'N')
    			verbose = 0;
    		else
    			verbose = 1;
     		
    		PC = 1;
    		for(i=0; i<counter; i++){
    			if(verbose)
    				printf("==> fetch Instruction %d\n\n", i+1);
    				fetchNextInstruction();
    			    execute_instruct();
    		}
    		printf("==> The final values of the registers:\n");
    		printf(" PC   = %d\n", PC);
    		printf(" MAR  = %d\n", MAR);
    		printf(" MBR  = %X\n", MBR[1]);
    		printf(" IBR  = ");
    		for(i=0; i<2; i++)
    				printf("%X ", IBR[i]);
    		printf("\n");
    		printf(" AC   = %X\n", AC);
    		printf(" IR   = %X\n", IR);
    		printf(" MQ   = %X\n", MQ);
     	}
    
     	}
    
    	
    }
    for a text file that is as follows :
    10003
    940 A
    941 2
    10001
    1 940
    5 941
    how should the text file look like if considering how the program is supposed to show the cycles
    Last edited by overlord21; 03-01-2010 at 08:48 AM.

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    should the functions be handled this way?
    void execute_instruct(){

    switch (IR )
    {
    case 0xA:
    printf("==> Execute Instruction LOAD MQ\n");
    load_MQ(verbose);
    break;
    case 0x9:
    printf("==> Execute Instruction LOAD MQ_M(x)\n");
    load_MQ_Mx(memory, instructions, verbose);
    break;
    case 0x21:
    printf("==> Execute Instruction STOR M(x)\n");
    stor_Mx(memory, instructions, verbose);
    break;
    case 0x1:
    printf("==> Execute Instruction LOAD M(x)\n");
    load_Mx(memory, instructions, verbose);
    break;
    case 0x2:
    printf("==> Execute Instruction LOAD -M(x)\n");
    load_mMx(memory, instructions, verbose);
    break;

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    Well you could break up you main into a few functions, like

    - loadProgramIntoMemory
    - executeProgramInMemory

    You can test the second one quite easily just by manually adding a few instructions to the memory, then seeing what happens.
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    First of all state the problem as clearly as possible. Can't figure out from the input file what part is the opcode and what part is the operand, so provide more information.

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